England were over-powered by a rampant New Zealand as they suffered a record defeat in the World Rugby U20 Championship final at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi.

Gloucester were once again the best represented club in England’s 23-man squad but hooker Joe Mullis went off injured after taking a heavy blow during a brave tackle in the build-up to New Zealand’s fourth try, which required lengthy treatment before he was carried off on a stretcher.

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Harry Randall, a winner from last year’s tournament, started along with Mullis and tight-head prop Ciaran Knight, while Henry Walker and Alex Seville both had bright moments after coming off the bench.

They helped England reach the final for a fifth successive year, despite losing five players to the senior team in Argentina, but they could not retain the trophy as the Baby Blacks put in a ruthless display with outstanding hooker Asafo Aumua scoring a hat-trick.

The previous biggest win in a final was New Zealand’s 62-17 rout over Australia in 2010 when Gloucester full-back Tom Marshall was among the scorers, while current All Black stars Julian Savea and Sam Whitelock played.

New Zealand made a flying start with two tries in the first 10 minutes. The television match official had a few looks at the first one to see if the ball had been knocked forward in the ruck before Dalton Papali’i jumped over bodies to touch down but the try was awarded.

Stephen Perofeta missed the conversion but had no problems with the next one after prop Pouri Rakete-Stones shimmied his way through a tight gap to score, making it 12-0.

Luke Jacobson scores

Fly-half Max Malins and opposite number Perofeta were both horribly off target with penalties before England got on the scoreboard after 19 minutes.

Knight made a strong carry in the build-up before Harry Randall fed Malins, whose perfectly-timed pass out of the tackle set Ben Earl on a nice line to the try line. Malins converted.

England had a foothold in the game but Randall made a try-saving tackle on Lotima Faingaanuku before New Zealand scored two tries in quick succession.

Firstly Asafo Aumua barging past Tom Parton to score in the corner before Isala Walker-Leawere powered through from close range following an outstanding break by full-back Will Jordan from his own half.

Both were converted by Perofeta, the second coming after a lengthy delay as Mullis received treatment on the pitch before going off on a stretcher and being replaced by Henry Walker.

The Baby Blacks added two more tries just before half-time with Aumua scoring again after a series of pick and drives before Caleb Clarke powered his way through on the wing before offloading from the ground for Luke Jacobsen to score.

Perofeta converted both to give them a 40-7 lead at the break.

Gloucester's Ciaran Knight is faced with New Zealand fly-half Stephen Perofeta running at him

New Zealand stretched their lead six minutes into the second half when replacement Josh McKay finished superbly out wide despite a last-ditch tackle attempt by Malins.

Perofeta missed the conversion and then New Zealand were reduced to 14 men when Papali’i was yellow carded for a late tackle.

Alex Matthews, on for Randall for the final half-hour, quickly made his mark as he sniped over from a quickly taken tap penalty, Malins missing the conversion.

Once New Zealand got back to 15 men, Aumua bulldozed through for his hat-trick to bring up the half-century and Ereatara Enari fed Thomas Christie to break through two tackles and touch down.

England got their third try late on when James Grayson’s cross-field kick was collected by Josh Bayliss, who out-powered Perofeta to score.

However, New Zealand had the last say when centre Will Butler spilt the ball in midfield and Jacobsen raced through to score his second, Perofeta’s conversion making it a record win.